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rocket scientist

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noun

  1. a specialist in rocketry.

  2. an exemplar of keen intelligence, especially mathematical ability.

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The league has even employed pilots, air traffic controllers, and a rocket scientist.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

Also on board were Bezos's fiancée Lauren Sánchez, TV presenter Gayle King, former Nasa rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, and film producer Kerianne Flynn.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2025

Albini, raised in Missoula, Mont., was the son of a rocket scientist father and inherited his engineer’s meticulousness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2024

The agency is looking to quantify potential resources, including energy, water and lunar soil, as a goal to attract commercial investment, said Gerald Sanders, a rocket scientist at NASA's Johnston Space Centre for 35 years.

From Reuters • Jun. 28, 2023

Momly laughed and Uncle Tony joked me, talking about, "It don't take a rocket scientist to know rocket scientists are real, Patty."

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds

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